spaceship
Interstellar travel vehicle
A spaceship is a vehicle designed for travel beyond Earth's atmosphere—whether to orbit, the moon, other planets, or the stars.
The term appears more often in science fiction than in technical contexts, where spacecraft is preferred: The spaceship landed on an alien world.
Spaceship suggests adventure and exploration; spacecraft sounds like engineering.
Hypothetical superluminal propulsion system
- hyperspaceFaster-than-light travel medium
- teleportationInstantaneous displacement across space
- cryosleepFrozen preservation of sleepers
- alienNon-native being
extraterrestrial · mothership · starship · USS Enterprise · Millennium Falcon · phaser · laser · force field
Force driving movement forward
- thrustersPropulsion devices for steering
- hullOuter covering or frame
- airlockTwo-doored pressure transition space
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
fuselage · hangar · avionics · navigation · fuel · life support · shielding · docking
Spacecraft crew member
- cosmonautRussian orbital traveler
- crewWorking team aboard
- missionPurpose-driven task
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
voyage · exploration · passenger · cargo · destination · launch pad · countdown · liftoff
Curved celestial path
- asteroidSun-orbiting rocky mass
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
- supernovaExploding massive star
quasar · interstellar · cosmic · light-year · star system · solar wind · lunar · planetary
warp drive
Hypothetical superluminal propulsion system
- hyperspaceFaster-than-light travel medium
- teleportationInstantaneous displacement across space
- cryosleepFrozen preservation of sleepers
alien · extraterrestrial · mothership · starship · USS Enterprise · Millennium Falcon · phaser · laser · force field · tractor beam
propulsion
Force driving movement forward
- thrustersPropulsion devices for steering
- hullOuter covering or frame
- airlockTwo-doored pressure transition space
cockpit · fuselage · hangar · avionics · navigation · fuel · life support · shielding · docking · module
astronaut
Spacecraft crew member
expedition · voyage · exploration · passenger · cargo · destination · launch pad · countdown · liftoff · splashdown
orbit
Curved celestial path
- asteroidSun-orbiting rocky mass
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
supernova · quasar · interstellar · cosmic · light-year · star system · solar wind · lunar · planetary · void
- sci-fiscience fiction, Star Wars, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens
- space travelstarship, astronaut, rocket, orbit, launch
- spacecraftstarships, Voyager 1, rocket ships, Voyager 2, starship
- Extraterrestrialsalien, aliens, extraterrestrial, ET, UFO
- future vehiclesflying car, hovercraft, hoverboard, jetpack, hover car
- Sci-Fi Settingsstarship, alien planet, moon base, Mars colony, orbital station
spaceshipox cart
Beast-drawn farm vehicle
dugout canoe · covered wagon · donkey · sedan chair · rickshaw
spaceshipbuilding
Enclosed roofed structure
house · bunker · skyscraper · fortress · space station